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Inmate-trained dogs bring comfort to veterans

This Wednesday, April 17, 2013 photo shows the graduation ceremony for "Prison Pups N Pals", an animal shelter and inmate career training project. Ten dogs from the Halifax Humane Society trained by medium security prisoners at Tomoka Correctional Institution's work camp, in Daytona Beach. Two of the dogs are going to veterans, including "Suzuki", who was going home with Brevard County Vietnam veteran Tom Reynolds, 66, of Cape Canaveral. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Tim Shortt)

This Wednesday, April 17, 2013 photo shows the graduation ceremony for "Prison Pups N Pals", an animal shelter and inmate career training project. Ten dogs from the Halifax Humane Society trained by medium security prisoners at Tomoka Correctional Institution's work camp, in Daytona Beach. Two of the dogs are going to veterans, including "Suzuki", who was going home with Brevard County Vietnam veteran Tom Reynolds, 66, of Cape Canaveral. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Tim Shortt)

Inmate William Surface, one of the two lead trainers, holds the one graduate that wasn't going home yet, since "Sammy" is too young, during the graduation ceremony for "Prison Pups N Pals", an animal shelter and inmate career training project, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Ten dogs from the Halifax Humane Society trained by medium security prisoners at Tomoka Correctional Institution's work camp, in Daytona Beach. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Tim Shortt)